A trio of game 3’s took place Thursday night and we are here to give you our thoughts on the proceedings. Two of the games went to overtime (or overtimes) and the other featured the best player in the world. It was a fun night and here is what I saw.

The amount of Bulls fans in Milwaukee really is weird, the roar after a made basket is nearly identical at time; I’m aware of the fact that it is only a 90 minute drive, but still

Milwaukee put together its best stretch of basketball during a five minute period in the second quarter that saw them take an 18 point lead; only to throw it away and take just a four point lead into the break

He had a stretch in the third quarter that included an elbow area floater, a ridiculous left-handed finish and a couple of perfect kick-out passes where he looked mightily close to his old self

The end of regulation was wild, as Chicago looked to have the game in the bag up by ten with less than three minutes to go; but eight points from Khris Middleton got the Bucks right back in the game; they actually had a one point advantage until a Rose free throw forced overtime

The first extra session was pretty nondescript, with both teams scoring six points and neither team scoring in the last two and a half minutes

Rose and Jimmy Butler’s aggressiveness in the second overtime led the way as Chicago scored the first 12 points of the period to seal the win

Joakim Noah and Pau Gasol finished the game as the big man combo; some have criticized that pairing as a fit and at times it looks clunky but tonight both guys played their part in the victory, particularly Noah at the defensive end

This series has been much more enjoyable than I thought it would be; the Bulls look really good while the Bucks are some internal development and a player away from a real force in the eastern conference

Golden State Warriors @ New Orleans Pelicans, Game 3, GSW wins 123-119 in OT, lead 3-0

What a finish to this game; it is hard not to feel sorry for New Orleans, who gave a terrific effort through three quarters before succumbing to new playoff team nerves

Klay Thompson and Steph Curry started the game on fire and had Golden State feeling comfortable early

Norris Cole once again came in and played very good minutes for the Pelicans; I am mildly surprised by this, but also pleasantly surprised, the dude plays hard and seems like a good teammate

Eric Gordon was off tonight but man, Ryan Anderson more than made up for it, going 10-14 from the field for 26 points, outdueling Draymond Green multiple times

Overall, Anthony Davis had an excellent game scoring 29 points, grabbing 15 boards and blocking three shots; however, he was culpable for some of the offensive rebounds for Golden State down the stretch as he allowed his man to push him too close to the rim as the rebounds flew over his head

How crazy were those offensive rebounds? It felt like Golden State was just throwing shots up at one point knowing they would get a second look

Curry went just 10-29 from the field (he did go 13-14 from the charity stripe) forcing too many poor shots; but he did hit a pretty incredible shot to tie the game with 2.8 seconds left

This was a heart breaker for the Pelicans but a champion’s response from the Warriors; a lesser team would’ve packed it up mentally after being down 20 with one quarter to play but they did not and guys like Green and Andrew Bogut attacked the offensive glass and were brilliant on the defensive end; now Golden State is a game away from the second round